The Book Of Bape

So I started a rather harmless(?) public event on Facebook: I’m moving from Facebook to Google Plus. (Shameless self promotion!) Almost inevitably, the topic of personal information sharing came up: a random Facebook user said that they did not trust Google with their information, and wasn’t very trusting of Facebook with their info either. This particular individual changed their until-then exposed last name just minutes after posting this, and their profile picture is still of their child. 

“I’m not comfortable divulging my information with Facebook,” says the person whose profile picture is of their toddler. 

Does anyone really think about this anymore? Has “I’m not comfortable giving out my private information” become such a tired phrase that people just say it to hear themselves talk? I was and still am a little shocked that someone who had their entire curriculum vitae posted under their information, multiple pictures of their child(!)— who has joined the ranks of the other 92% of toddlers that have a social media presence thanks to mom and dad — and an extensive and publically available list of their friends, interests, and other various nuances might have enough screws loose to say with any amount of conviction that they were “uncomfortable sharing personal information.” 

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I always have three male Pokémon and three female Pokémon and my commitment to queering is such that the “masculine” Pokémon are female and the “feminine” male. my lady Beartic has woman Emboar have dope beards. very Le Tigre~

i really want to share this with the world, from one andrew to another, you rock

I get really mad about Attract irl tbh

I do too but mostly because it’s a horrible move

Even if you aren’t offended by its heteronormative nature, it’s just a really bad move. I don’t even pay attention to a pokemons gender most of the time, im sure as hell not going to waste a move slot obsessing over checking every pokemon’s private parts on every encounter 

it doesn’t take a cisgender pokemon to have the swagger of a vacuum 

microaggressions:

The Pokémon move “Attract” only works on Pokémon of the “opposite” gender. The move does not work on genderless Pokémon.

My couch in front of a Game Boy. I felt unsurprised but dismayed nonetheless. 

I’m hella mad that my Luxray can’t be the woman he feels like he’s entitled to be. 

On a more serious note, this is one of those things that questions whether gender is a function of sexual attraction or of personal identification. Asexuality as a result of attraction to both genders or to neither? A whole boatload of gendered mysteries. 

The biggest of which being “how is anyone seriously offended by a children’s game about internet animals.” 

soupsoup:

Google gets most requests for user data from U.S.

During the second half of last year, Google received a total of 5,964 requests from different countries for private user information, with the U.S. leading the way, according to data released today and seen in the company’s Transparency Report.

Among the 26 countries listed in the report, the U.S. government accounted for 4,601 requests, of which Google complied with 94 percent. Other countries high on the list during the last six months of 2010 included Brazil with 1,804 user data requests, India with 1,699, and the U.K. with 1,162.

Something to consider next time you plan on searching for “David Spade furry balloon porn.”